El Paseo Shopping District

The "Rodeo Drive of the Desert" boasts a wide spectrum of more than 300 upscale shops, clothing boutiques, art galleries, jewelers, department stores and restaurants aligned along a beautifully manicured mile.

Dogs are welcome inside many establishments, as well as at the mile's many outdoor restaurant tables.

If your vision of a California desert vacation includes blue sky, purple mountains, turquoise pools and nodding palm trees, you’ve come to the right place. Palm Springs caters to everyone from Hollywood celebrities, to snowbirds, to avowed desert rats—all demographics that include a lot of DogTrekkers.

Kayla, DogTrekker.com’s "research Lab," paw-tested the Coachella Valley (the valley that includes Palm Springs) over the New Year’s break and has a lot to report. more »